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New data release: Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study, Age 9-10 Months Sweep

6 October 2025

Researchers interested in the study of early years development and family life can now download data from the Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study from the UK Data Service.

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Research on fertility and families enhanced with new harmonised cohort data

29 September 2025

Harmonised data on the fertility histories of four British cohorts are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.

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Diabetes research enhanced with new harmonised datasets

29 September 2025

Harmonised data on diabetes from five UK cohort studies are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.

Data release

Harmonised datasets on asthma open up new research opportunities

29 September 2025

Harmonised data on asthma from five UK cohort studies are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.

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Polygenic scores released for four national cohort studies

24 September 2025

The research community can now access a range of polygenic scores from more than 30,000 people taking part in four of the UK’s national cohort studies.  

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1958 National Child Development Study age 62 data now available

22 July 2025

Data from the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) Age 62 Sweep are now available to download from the UK Data Service.

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Millennium Cohort Study data included in first-ever DNA dataset for childhood research

4 March 2025

For the first time, large-scale DNA sequence data on three UK birth cohort studies has been released, creating a unique resource to explore the relationship between genetic and environmental factors in child health and development.

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Next Steps age 32 data now available

18 September 2024

Data from the Next Steps Age 32 Sweep are now available to download from the UK Data Service.

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New data release: Children of the 2020s study, Wave 1

22 April 2024

Data from Wave 1 of Children of the 2020s, the first national longitudinal study of babies to be launched in a generation, are now available.

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New data release: COSMO Wave 2

21 November 2023

Data from Wave 2 of the COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) study is now available to researchers interested in exploring how COVID-19 and the cost-of-living crisis has affected the lives of 17-18-year-olds across England.

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NHS admin data now linked to Millennium Cohort Study

7 December 2022

Researchers tracking the experiences of young people born at the turn of the century can now explore a wider range of research questions related to health care and treatment in hospitals, thanks to a new data linkage between NHS Digital and the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS).

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